Chiperi Quotes & Sayings

Metaphors, similes, puns - all manner of metonymy - I'm interested in language that cannot be parsed by a machine - language that can only be understood through acculturation. — Joshua Cohen

Never be a good prisoner. Not unless you want to collude in your own imprisonment. — Orna Ross

I just want to be clear, I am a very dark and bitter person, but I think on some level, everything really does come when it's meant to come. — Martha Plimpton

She's my friend, the boy said simply. That's who she is and that's enough for me. As Minli looked at the buffalo boy, aglow with happiness against his poor surroundings, she saw it was enough for him. More than enough, as the smile that kept curling up on his face told her. — Grace Lin

This temporal fire is but a painted fire in respect of that penetrating and real fire in hell. — Jeremy Taylor

I didn't mean it to sound so challenging, but I needed to try to reassure my friend. Gritting my teeth, I tried to think of some way to placate Gideon. It was as if I was standing in quicksand, the earth slipping away from my feet the more I spoke. A smart man would keep his mouth shut. I wasn't always a smart man. — Jocelynn Drake

Lost is not a place. It's a soul in paralysis... waiting to feel moved. — Alfa H

I started out a human being. But pretty much had all the humanity wrung out of me after passing the Bar and practicing law for ten years. Not sure what I am now. — Jeffrey Rasley

It was like a heart transplant. We tried to implant college in him but his head rejected it. — Barry Switzer

Color categories are on steroids in Latin America. I find that fascinating. It's very difficult for Americans, particularly African-Americans to understand or sympathize with. — Henry Louis Gates